József Horváth

József Horváth (born August 13, 1964 in Budapest ) is a Hungarian chess player , coach and international chess referee.

Life

Horváth learned to play chess at the age of eight. He became International Master in 1984 and Grand Master in 1990 . Horváth won the open Hungarian chess championship three times in 1987, 1993 and 1994. He is the trainer of Grand Master Ádám Horváth and looks after the Hungarian women's selection. József Horváth has held the title of FIDE Senior Trainer since 2011. His brother Csaba is also a grandmaster.

Horváth won or occupied top places in many tournaments: 1st place or shared 1st place in Budapest (1988, 1989, 1993, 1994 and 1997), Andorra (1989), Cannes (1992), Leukerbad (1992), Zalakaros (1995 , 1996), Velden am Wörther See (1995), Paks (1996), Bischwiller (1999), Helsinki (2001), Chambéry (2001), Zalakaros (2002, 2004), Val Thorens (2002, 2006), Paris (2003 ) and Verona (2005).

Its Elo rating is 2438 (as of April 2020), its highest to date was 2567 in July 2009.

National team

For the Hungarian national team he took in the years 1990 , 1992 and 1998 at the Chess Olympiad in part, and twice (1989 and 1992) at the European Team Championships and at the World Team Championship 1989th

societies

In Hungary, Horváth played for Honvéd Budapest in the 1980s and 1990s , with whom he also took part in the European Club Cup six times , and later until 2012 for the Csuti Antal SK Zalaegerszeg , with whom he played in 2002 , 2003 , 2004 , 2005 . 2006 and 2008 Hungarian team champion, and from 2013 to 2016 for Budapesti Titánok Sportegyesület . In the 2016/17 season he competed for Lila Futó-Hóbagoly SE , and since 2017 he has been playing for Pénzügyőr Sport Egyesület . In the Austrian 1st Bundesliga he played from 1990 to 1999 and again in the 2001/02 season and from 2003 to 2008 for SC Die Klagenfurter , in the 1999/2000 season for SG Husek / Ottakring and in the 2012/13 season for the SK Husek . In Belgium Horváth played until 2012 and again since 2015 for KSK 47 Eynatten , with whom he became Belgian team champion in 2004 , 2005 , 2006 , 2010 and 2017 . In the 2013/14 season he played for the Wirtzfeld chess friends . In France he played for NAO Caissa in the 2001/02 season , and in the Slovakian extra league Horváth plays for the ŠK Aquamarin Podhájska in the 2019/20 season .